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16 September, 2010

Japanese Stocks Rise as Government Weakens Yen – BusinessWeek.com: Japanese stocks rebounded in a whiplash session after the government intervened in the foreign-exchange market to weaken the yen from a 15-year high, boosting the earnings outlook for exporters.
U.K. Jobless Claims Rise for First Time Since January – BusinessWeek.com: U.K. jobless claims unexpectedly increased in August for the first time in seven months, a sign the economic recovery may be faltering just as the government starts the country’s biggest austerity drive since World War II.

15 September, 2010

The Top 10 Indian Entrepreneurs of 2010 – Inc.com: Though Prasad is of East Indian descent, he was born on the tiny island nation of Fiji and came to San Francisco with his parents at the age of two.
Richard Branson – Five Secrets to Business Success – Entrepreneur.com: I am often asked if I have found a secret – or at least a consistent answer – to successfully building businesses over my career. So I’ve spent some time thinking about what characterizes so many of Virgin’s successful ventures and, importantly, what went wrong when we did not get it right.

8 September, 2010

Britain Backs New E.U. Oversight Plans – NYTimes.com: Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, on Tuesday endorsed a variety of new watchdog agencies to supervise financial activities across the European Union.
Not Blogging? What’s Your Excuse? – WomenEntrepreneur.com: Writing a blog for your company is possibly the easiest kind of writing you will encounter, yet many entrepreneurs are afraid to dip their toes into the “blogosphere,” as the world of blogging is sometimes referred to.

7 September, 2010

How Google Cost Me $4 Million – Inc.com: I woke up at six o’clock and did a Google search on my phone, like I do every morning. We’re usually one or two for just about every industry keyword. But we were nowhere to be found. I opened up my laptop. We weren’t in the first thousand results.
Stocks Fall on Europe Worries – CNNMoney.com: U.S. stocks slumped at the market’s open Tuesday, as renewed worries about European banks and the global economy weighed on investors coming back from the long Labor Day weekend.
Cambodia Spurs Development with Tallest Building in Asia – FastCompany.com: Cambodia, despite, being one of the poorest nations in the world, has announced plans to build the tallest building in Asia, a 1,820-foot skyscraper in its capital, Phnom Penh.
Iran Lines Up $13 Billion for South Pars Development – International Business Times: Iran on Monday said a massive investment of $13 billion has been lined up for developing its South Pars gas field which it shares with Qatar.
Avoiding the Bitter Twitter – Entrepreneur.com: Social networks can be great communications tools, but make a misstep and you could end up doing your company more harm than good. Perhaps the biggest mistake businesspeople make is posting while in the wrong frame of mind.

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